It's what I always wanted to do, to show the laughter, the fun, the joy of dance. — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
I believe that we learn by practice... it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from… — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
Freedom to a dancer means discipline. That is what technique is for -- liberation. — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
You have no right to go before a public without an adequate technique, just because you feel. Anything feels - a leaf feels, a… — Martha Graham Copy Share
“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one… — Martha Graham Copy Share
People have asked me why I chose to be a dancer. I did not choose. I was chosen to be a dancer, and with… — Martha Graham Copy Share
All things I do are in every woman. Every woman is Medea. Every woman is Jocasta. There comes a time when a woman is… — Martha Graham Copy Share
What makes a great dancer is not technique. What makes a great dancer is passion. — Martha Graham Copy Share
The body is a sacred garment. It's your first and last garment; it is what you enter life in and what you depart life… — Martha Graham Copy Share
You are unique, and if that is not fulfilled, then something has been lost. — Martha Graham Copy Share
You see, when weaving a blanket, an Indian woman leaves a flaw in the weaving of that blanket to let the soul out. — Martha Graham Copy Share
Dancing is just discovery, discovery, discovery - what it all means, the way the little bone near the ankle relates itself to the floor… — Martha Graham Copy Share
Theater used to be a verb; it used to be an act. But nowadays it is just a noun. It is a place. — Martha Graham Copy Share
There is a force, a quickness that is translated through you into action. If you block it, the world will not have it. — Martha Graham Copy Share
